Newspaper in Education Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262707961
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cheverly, MD, USA
Phone
3012753473
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,188
Expenses
$11,159
Assets
$34,357
Liabilities
$111

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Douglas Alexander (President)

People named in this filing

  • Douglas Alexander (President)
  • Laurie Toker (Secretary/Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Newspaper in Education Institute was founded to work with Newspaper in Education (NIE) programs at newspapers across the country to help teachers improve students' literacy skills, standardized test scores, and critical thinking skills through the use of quality NIE curriculum resources and student supplements that support educational use of their local newspaper. As support for NIE programs at newspapers has declined due to the changing nature of the businesses involved, we continue to make these existing resources available to teachers but no longer collect subscription fees from newspapers to support this effort. Existing funds in this nonprofit have been redirected to support other nonprofit endeavors and to support environmental projects in the local community where we are located.

What it reported doing in 2025

Environmental Projects. This description will continue on Schedule O. Compost bins continue to be provided at low cost to several Maryland municipalities to promote environmentally friendly backyard composting. NIE Institute has supported native planting projects in Cheverly, MD. In addition, we have supported projects to aid the health of wild foxes and efforts to trap and neuter feral cats in the town.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -80.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.08; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.